Dragon's Secret Baby (Silver Dragon Mercenaries Book 1) by Sky Winters

Author:Sky Winters [Winters, Sky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“I’m coming with you,” Savannah said.

She expected him to refuse her, but he nodded. “I want you with me.”

While Savannah dressed, she heard Xander in the next room making a phone call to someone. When he came back, his face was grim and serious.

“What happened?” Savannah asked. “Whom were you talking to?"

“That was Brace,” Xander replied. “One of my friends. I told him to inform the council that I initiated a pack meeting, one hour from now.”

“Xander,” Savannah began.

“I can’t wait any longer, Savannah,” Xander said wearily. “I need this resolved. I need an answer from them. If we have their permission, their blessing, then we can be together.”

“And what if they deny us?”

Xander’s eyes clouded over, and Savannah had her answer. “Let’s not think about that until we have to,” Xander said in a low voice.

Sooner than she could have imagined, she and Xander left behind the silence of the cabin and headed to the clearing where the pack meeting was to be held. It was just as beautiful as the first time Xander had taken her there, but Savannah was so nervous she couldn’t fully appreciate it.

“Breathe, Savannah,” Xander said, squeezing her hand.

“I can feel your fear,” Savannah whispered to him, “and it’s making me even more nervous.”

Xander smiled, and Savannah marvelled at his ability to keep a cool and calm exterior despite the turmoil of emotion he was experiencing. “Don’t let them see how much we want this,” he told Savannah, and she willed herself to adopt his calm façade.

They were standing beside the lake when Savannah registered the change in climate. She felt burning heat coming toward them as she sensed the others start to approach. She turned around and saw Xander’s friends enter the clearing from the woods. They were the only ones who looked at her sympathetically, without hate or jealousy. Still, they did not seem happy, either. They were weary and nervous of what was to come.

On their heels came the girls. Savannah froze as she took in Marissa’s furious eyes. If Savannah had not been able to sense people's auras, she would not have been able to sense how fiercely Marissa hated her.

There were nine of them in the clearing. The pack members stood to one side, staring over at Xander and Savannah, their eyes lingering on their entwined hands. Savannah tried to remove her hand from Xander’s but he kept a firm grip on her.

And then they came. Savannah held her breath and watched as three cloaked figures entered the clearing at the same time. Instantly she realized this was the vision she had seen yesterday, when Dominic had cornered her in the forest. She had seen herself standing before the Council of Elders, waiting for them to cast judgement on her future, waiting for them to raise her up or destroy her whole.

The elders moved into the center of the loose circle, their backs to the lake so that they were facing the young pack members. They removed their cloaks, and Savannah recognized the woman on the far right.

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